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Protected Innocence Legislative Framework Briefing

June 16, 2011 12:00 ET
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Join Shared Hope International, Family Research Council, and the American Center for Law and Justice for a panel briefing on the Protected Innocence Initiative, a state-level approach to combatting domestic minor sex trafficking. Experts estimate that at least 100,000 U.S. children are used prostitution every year in the United States. Learn about the major issues facing America as we move beyond the federal solutions to focus on the critical importance of local and state law enforcement, prosecutors, judiciary, and social services in responding appropriately to the commercial sexual exploitation of children across the nation. This unique briefing will bring together a diverse mix of

Join Shared Hope International, Family Research Council, and the American Center for Law and Justice for a panel briefing on the Protected Innocence Initiative, a state-level approach to combatting domestic minor sex trafficking. Experts estimate that at least 100,000 U.S. children are used prostitution every year in the United States. Learn about the major issues facing America as we move beyond the federal solutions to focus on the critical importance of local and state law enforcement, prosecutors, judiciary, and social services in responding appropriately to the commercial sexual exploitation of children across the nation. This unique briefing will bring together a diverse mix of leadership from primarily conservative policy groups and federal legislative offices to reveal the staggering epidemic of domestic minor sex trafficking and the danger it imposes on the values of society and safety of individuals, families and communities. The briefing will expose how this issue affects other issues in conservative policy portfolios and highlight solutions for incorporating domestic minor sex trafficking in state level advocacy work on other related issues.

With special remarks from:

Attorney General Rob McKenna

Rob McKenna is Washington's 17th Attorney General. As the state's chief legal officer, he directs more than 500 attorneys and 700 professional staff providing legal services to state agencies, the Governor and Legislature. McKenna recently became president of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), an organization in which he has served in numerous leadership roles since 2005. In June, 2011 McKenna announced his campaign for governor, focusing on job creation, the nation's best public schools and a reformed state government that lives within its means. One of his top priorities is to make communities safer by leading the fight against drug abuse, gang violence, sexual predators and domestic violence. Attorney General McKenna's illustrated this commitment by standing with Linda Smith and Shared Hope International to release the Washington Report Card under the Protected Innocence Initiative. McKenna has provided great leadership in combatting domestic minor sex trafficking in Washington.

Linda Smith served a decade as a Washington state legislator prior to being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994. Linda was compelled to found Shared Hope International in 1998 after witnessing hopeless faces in the brothels of Mumbai, India. To build momentum in the international anti-trafficking movement, Linda founded the War Against Trafficking Alliance in 2001. She spearheaded the U.S. Mid-Term Review on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in 2006 to focus on combating the sexual slavery of children in America. In 2007, Linda and team conducted field research on the business model behind sex trafficking in Jamaica, the Netherlands, Japan, and the United States, resulting in the production of the DEMAND. report and documentary. From 2006-2008 Linda and Shared Hope International worked under a grant from the U.S Department of Justice to examine the governmental and nongovernmental efforts and gaps in addressing child sex trafficking in the United States. This information was compiled in The National Report on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: America's Prostituted Children. Ms. Smith is the author of From Congress to the Brothel and Renting Lacy: A Story of America's Prostituted Children.

Panelists:

Ambassador Mark Lagon (U.S. Department of State, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, 2007-09), Chair, International Relations and Security and Visiting Professor, Master of Science in Foreign Service Program, Georgetown University

Join Shared Hope International, Family Research Council, and the American Center for Law and Justice for a panel briefing on the Protected Innocence Initiative, a state-level approach to combatting domestic minor sex trafficking. Experts estimate that at least 100,000 U.S. children are used prostitution every year in the United States. Learn about the major issues facing America as we move beyond the federal solutions to focus on the critical importance of local and state law enforcement, prosecutors, judiciary, and social services in responding appropriately to the commercial sexual exploitation of children across the nation. This unique briefing will bring together a diverse mix of leadership from primarily conservative policy groups and federal legislative offices to reveal the staggering epidemic of domestic minor sex trafficking and the danger it imposes on the values of society and safety of individuals, families and communities. The briefing will expose how this issue affects other issues in conservative policy portfolios and highlight solutions for incorporating domestic minor sex trafficking in state level advocacy work on other related issues.

With special remarks from:

Attorney General Rob McKenna

Rob McKenna is Washington's 17th Attorney General. As the state's chief legal officer, he directs more than 500 attorneys and 700 professional staff providing legal services to state agencies, the Governor and Legislature. McKenna recently became president of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), an organization in which he has served in numerous leadership roles since 2005. In June, 2011 McKenna announced his campaign for governor, focusing on job creation, the nation's best public schools and a reformed state government that lives within its means. One of his top priorities is to make communities safer by leading the fight against drug abuse, gang violence, sexual predators and domestic violence. Attorney General McKenna's illustrated this commitment by standing with Linda Smith and Shared Hope International to release the Washington Report Card under the Protected Innocence Initiative. McKenna has provided great leadership in combatting domestic minor sex trafficking in Washington.

Linda Smith served a decade as a Washington state legislator prior to being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994. Linda was compelled to found Shared Hope International in 1998 after witnessing hopeless faces in the brothels of Mumbai, India. To build momentum in the international anti-trafficking movement, Linda founded the War Against Trafficking Alliance in 2001. She spearheaded the U.S. Mid-Term Review on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in 2006 to focus on combating the sexual slavery of children in America. In 2007, Linda and team conducted field research on the business model behind sex trafficking in Jamaica, the Netherlands, Japan, and the United States, resulting in the production of the DEMAND. report and documentary. From 2006-2008 Linda and Shared Hope International worked under a grant from the U.S Department of Justice to examine the governmental and nongovernmental efforts and gaps in addressing child sex trafficking in the United States. This information was compiled in The National Report on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: America's Prostituted Children. Ms. Smith is the author of From Congress to the Brothel and Renting Lacy: A Story of America's Prostituted Children.

Panelists:

Ambassador Mark Lagon (U.S. Department of State, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, 2007-09), Chair, International Relations and Security and Visiting Professor, Master of Science in Foreign Service Program, Georgetown University

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